The One vs. the Many
Subtitle: Minor Characters and the Space of the Protagonist in the Novel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: November 3, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780691113142
Subjects: Literary studies: general; Novels, other prose & writers; History and criticism; European - General; Political Science; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Realism in literature; Politics/International Relations; British Literature; Comparative Literature; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Characters and characteristics in literature; General; 19th century; Characters and characteristics; European fiction
First sentence: Critics have always noted the presence of flat characters in Jane Austen's oeuvre-and Pride and Prejudice particularly-but they have rarely insisted on analyzing this flatness.